Ear Ornament

Earring

22349C

From: United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 22349C
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Yankton | Sioux
Provenience United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Shell | Leather | Brass | Pigment
Description

Dentalum shells strung in ten parallel rows between strips of leather, set in brass tacks. Only one brass tack is missing.

Length 34.7 cm
Width 4.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mary Yorke and Ellen McIlvaine Macauley, 1902

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